133rd Street station

New York City Subway station in The Bronx (closed 1955) February 2025 February 2025 IRT 133rd St. Former Manhattan Railway elevated station Interborough Rapid Transit CompanyCity of New York (1940-1953)New York City Transit Authority Third Avenue Line 1 island platform 2 East 133rd Street between Alexander and Willis AvenuesKahn Alan Paul The Tracks of New York Number 3: Manhattan and Bronx Elevated Railroads 1920 1973 Seymour Durst, Electric Railroaders' Association https://archive.org/details/tracksofnewyork03kahn 23 October 2016 Port Morris, The Bronx, New York 40 48 24.5 N 73 55 32.9 W inline,title Elevated May 17, 1886 June 11, 1940 (2nd Ave.)May 12, 1955 (3rd Ave.)Third Avenue El Makes Last Trip https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52497622/third-avenue-may-13-1955/ May 30, 2020 The Kingston Daily Freeman May 13, 1955 10 Newspapers.com Former services IRT Second Avenue Express 138th Street 129th Street Third Avenue Local-Express 138th Street 129th Street The 133rd Street station was a station on the IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx, New York City. It was originally opened on May 17, 1886, by the Suburban Rapid Transit Company,Chiasson George From Recognition To Dominance: The New York Connecting Railroad (Bridging the Bay and Connecting the Pieces) New York Division Bulletin April 2016 59 4 3–5 https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2016-04-bulletin/4 23 October 2016 Electric Railroaders' AssociationJust across the River, Opening of a Short Length of Sub-Urban Rapid Transit Railroad https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/05/18/103111645.pdf The New York Times Company 2 18 May 1886 19 February 2009 and was the first stop in the Bronx after crossing the Harlem River. It had two tracks and one island platform, and was also the terminus of the Third Avenue Line until May 23, 1886, when it was expanded to 143rd Street. Besides Third Avenue Line trains, it was also served by trains of the IRT Second Avenue Line until June 11, 1940, when Second Avenue service ended.The New York Times, Two 'El' Lines End Transit Service, June 12, 1940, page 27Sparberg Andrew J. From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA https://books.google.com/books?id=oktGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 1 October 2014 Fordham University Press 978-0-8232-6190-1Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives (MESA): Major Investment Study/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, August 1999 https://books.google.com/books?id=SiM3AQAAMAAJ&q=63rd+street Metropolitan Transportation Authority, United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration 11 July 2016 August 1999 This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street.NYCTA Notice of Third Avenue Rail Closure for May 12, 1955 References http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html 3rd Avenue El nycsubway.org 2009-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090127041419/http://nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html 27 January 2009 live http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm Third Avenue Local Station Reporter 2009-01-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100609061601/http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm 2010-06-09 Category:IRT Second Avenue Line stations Category:IRT Third Avenue Line stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886 Category:1886 establishments in New York (state) Category:1955 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Former elevated and subway stations in the Bronx Category:Mott Haven, Bronx Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1955